Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Brian Yansky, Homicidal Aliens & Other Disappointments Gabrielle Zevin, Birthright: In the Age of Love and Chocolate..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Food-o-File

Texas summer perks: peaches, wine, and Lockhart barbecue

"...Schmidt-Franks; and her husband, Chad Franks, will honor their birthright and showcase their considerable barbecue expertise at Schmidt Family..."

July 6, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Point Austin: Dick Brown's Hermit Crabs

The outcries of HURF should make Austinites hurl

"...think road fairies built the streets they consider their birthright. As for votes, Brown has historically sneered at Austin..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul

When movies go looking for Christmas redemption

"...a perfect-fitting pair of jeans, is an inevitability, a birthright, a lifestyle choice. It's just a matter of getting..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...in Belzoni, Miss., 1913, "Pinetop" Perkins preserved a musical birthright. Honeyboy Edwards may now hold the distinction as the..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

AFF: Awards

A comedy with TX ties takes Best Narrative Feature

"...Fifty Man - Writers: Louis Southerland Best Documentary Short: Birthright – Director: Sean Mullens Best Animated Short: The Lost..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fabi + Rosi

At Fabi + Rosi, all that glitters is not always golden

"..."Elegant dining is not a luxury; it is a birthright."..."

July 17, 2009 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Hanne Hukkelberg

"...tongue, spews the clean frost that marks her Scandinavian birthright. Here, the singer finally gets some color in her..."

July 3, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

More of the Same

"...to us that privilege. It is ours as a birthright. Even though I far prefer Obama over his campaign..."

June 26, 2009 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

Bad exists in dialectic with good

"...She contended that a sense of morality was our birthright. "We need to believe in a moral universe." "Perhaps,"..."

June 19, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Anthony Powell is the least known of the greatest 20th century novelists

"...grammarian or style book dictates how they employ the birthright of their English. By contrast, these days most Americans..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2

"...• Derek Trucks more than lived up to his birthright last Wednesday at La Zona Rosa, where he was..."

March 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Viva Les Froid Amis!

"...legendary Slacker, was the cradle of Austin's still-standing boho birthright, and, frankly, had the coolest waiters and waitresses ever...."

Oct. 29, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...starring a generation of artists following in sound and birthright: Hood's son, Warren; Ball's daughter, Audrey; and Hyatt's son,..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Lion King

The cast of this touring production of Disney's The Lion King performs with such skill and fullness of spirit that the show soars on an uplifting freshness

"...death of his father, abandons his homeland and royal birthright. In truth, however, the boy's uncle coveted the crown..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

When the Saints Go Marching In

"...incessant negativity that continually surrounds us like an unwanted birthright. Every last one of us has earned a fair..."

Jan. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Yet, when a parent robs a child of his birthright of achievement, nothing happens. Parents need to be involved..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Fixing Education Easier Said Than Done

"...Yet, when a parent robs a child of his birthright of achievement nothing happens. Parents need to be involved..."

July 20, 2006 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...protect herself before it is too late because the birthright of motherhood can be stripped away from her without..."

July 14, 2006 Column

HPV Serious Business

"...protect herself before it is too late because the birthright of motherhood can be stripped away from her without..."

July 12, 2006 Postmarks

Steve Arceri

Record review

"...comes together. "Catch Fire" has an immediate Sonic Youth birthright with its wiry opening guitar line, and the chaotic..."

June 9, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

TCB

Crunking up the holidays with a legal spat, an old- world reunion, Dolly, and Derek Smalls himself

"...that use this logo," Stockton puzzles. "It's like a birthright." Ironically, Stockton freely admits that if he copped it..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Letters at 3AM

Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind

"...do the work that their fathers assumed was a birthright, while they serve and die, for little or no..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Amy Farris

Texas platters

"...into a Reinhardt-Grapelli jazz ("Undecided"), shows her Texas honky-tonk birthright on "Pretty Dresses," and breaks from the gloom with..."

May 14, 2004 Music Review by Lee Nichols

Norman Normal Saves the World

With Norman Normal Saves the World, writer and solo performer Rob Nash creates a breakout vehicle for the sinus-clearing, "I could kill you right now" über-geek of Nash's Holy Cross Sucks!, and its absurd hilarity, along with Nash's usual clarity in characterization, chameleon comic abilities, and ever-sharp wit, make this Holy Cross installment a fine summer blockbuster of its own.

"...the empire, and cousin Truman plans to pre-empt Norman's birthright. Offing Norman places cousin Truman in line for succession...."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...against forces that would deprive the citizens of their birthright...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Can't Go Home Again

Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett on why James Crumley, whose mystery The Final Country has recently been published, is the best writer from Texas to disown the state.

"...tug of war between belonging and being alienated, between birthright and betrayal, and the double ache of loss and..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Coach's Corner

UTmay finish in the Top Ten for the first time in 17 years -- but it won't be enough for Longhorn Fan, the nation's most spoiled and delusional sportsfan. Part two of a two-part series.

"...pabulum year-in-year-out, believes it's the school's (and his own) birthright to be in the Top 10, though its last..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Moreno Veloso + 2 / Caetano Veloso

"...make no mistake, Dr. Moreno stakes claim to his birthright herein. Caetano Veloso began Noites do Norte (Northern Lights)..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Ceviche Sublime

Cool ceviche -- with its clean, fresh flavors of citrus-cured seafood -- is proving to be the hot dish in restaurants all over Austin this summer.

"...Regardless of the dish's birthright, ceviche certainly began its trek northward into Texas from..."

July 6, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

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